03254nam 2200709Ia 450 991082110890332120200520144314.01-139-41179-91-107-23200-71-280-68318-X97866136601211-139-42319-31-139-42017-81-139-16920-31-139-42222-71-139-41813-01-139-42426-2(CKB)2670000000204106(EBL)907177(OCoLC)794663528(SSID)ssj0000658288(PQKBManifestationID)11371386(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658288(PQKBWorkID)10691485(PQKB)10376327(UkCbUP)CR9781139169202(MiAaPQ)EBC907177(Au-PeEL)EBL907177(CaPaEBR)ebr10568377(CaONFJC)MIL366012(PPN)199803765(EXLCZ)99267000000020410620120229d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe reality of social construction /Dave Elder-Vass1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press20121 online resource (xii, 283 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-63016-9 1-107-02437-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Social Ontology: 1. Introduction; 2. Norm circles -- Part II. Culture: 3. Culture and rules; 4. Institutional reality -- Part III. Language: 5. Signification; 6. Langue and parole; 7. Categories, essences and sexes -- Part IV. Discourse: 8. Discourse; 9. Cultures and classes; 10. Subjects -- Part V. Knowledge: 11. Knowledge; 12. Reality; 13. Conclusion.'Social construction' is a central metaphor in contemporary social science, yet it is used and understood in widely divergent and indeed conflicting ways by different thinkers. Most commonly, it is seen as radically opposed to realist social theory. Dave Elder-Vass argues that social scientists should be both realists and social constructionists and that coherent versions of these ways of thinking are entirely compatible with each other. This book seeks to transform prevailing understandings of the relationship between realism and constructionism. It offers a thorough ontological analysis of the phenomena of language, discourse, culture and knowledge, and shows how this justifies a realist version of social constructionism. In doing so, however, it also develops an analysis of these phenomena that is significant in its own right.Social constructionismSocial psychologySocial constructionism.Social psychology.302SOC026000bisacshElder-Vass Dave477771MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821108903321Reality of social construction265183UNINA